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Hackney Marshes' football league of nations – in pictureshttps://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2016/sep/15/hackney-marshes-football-league-of-nations-in-pictures
<p>Every week for nine months, Simon Di Principe photographed the Sunday league football at Hackney Marshes and found himself immersed in a series of photographs that depicted the Marshes as a footballing league of nations – local teams, African teams, Eastern European teams, West Indian teams, and so on. The photographs show the breadth of community spirit that can be fostered through sport and how amateur football can be a gateway to settling into a new life in Britain.</p><p>The book <a href="http://www.palmstudios.co.uk/products/grass-roots/">Grass Roots</a> is published by Palm Studios</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2016/sep/15/hackney-marshes-football-league-of-nations-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a>FootballPhotographyLondonSportThu, 15 Sep 2016 09:30:39 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2016/sep/15/hackney-marshes-football-league-of-nations-in-picturesPhotograph: Simone Di PrincipePhotograph: Simone Di PrincipeSimon Di Principe and Stuart Wright2016-09-15T09:30:39ZBeautiful Games: frozen waterfall climbinghttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/feb/14/beautiful-games-gallery-frozen-waterfalls
These remarkable photos of professional ice-climbers tackling huge frozen waterfalls and icefalls in Eidfjord, Norway, were created by photographer <a href="http://thomassenf.ch">Thomas Senf</a>. He used spotlights and flares to illuminate the spectacular landscapes at night-time, achieving results which look other-worldly. It took several hours to prepare for each shot – each light had to be fixed into the ice and 500 meters of cable was needed to rig everything up – with the help of Mammut alpine equipment. The falls themselves are up to 500m high. Senf's photography includes rock climbing, ice-climbing, mountaineering, skiing and base jumping. He is himself an accomplished mountaineer, having made first ascents of two peaks in the Garhwal Himalaya <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/feb/14/beautiful-games-gallery-frozen-waterfalls">Continue reading...</a>SportExtreme sportsPhotographyFri, 14 Feb 2014 10:41:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/feb/14/beautiful-games-gallery-frozen-waterfallsPhotograph: Thomas Senf/Mammutice climbers Photograph: Thomas Senf/MammutPhotograph: Thomas Senf/Mammutice climbers Photograph: Thomas Senf/MammutJonny Weeks2014-02-14T10:41:00ZBeautiful Games: faces of painhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/jan/23/beautiful-games-sport-fitness-photography
This small series of images was a personal project by Philip Haynes which captures the rawness of sport. The subjects of the pictures are cross-fit enthusiasts who are attempting squat-lifts; Haynes has seized their contorted expressions as they begin the lift, creating images that look wild, even demonic. "They slip into a space of pure concentration as they battle the pain and torment," Haynes says, "where it's make or break". Through a background in studio portraiture and advertising photography, Haynes has developed a distinctive, neatly-polished style. His other work, including a couple of ethereal shots of foggy pitches which are well worth checking out, <a href="http://philiphaynesphotography.co.uk/home/">can be seen here</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/jan/23/beautiful-games-sport-fitness-photography">Continue reading...</a>FitnessSportPhotographyArtThu, 23 Jan 2014 15:05:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/jan/23/beautiful-games-sport-fitness-photographyPhotograph: Philip HaynesCFN_Puke_03.jpg Photograph: Philip HaynesPhotograph: Philip HaynesCFN_Puke_03.jpg Photograph: Philip HaynesJonny Weeks2014-01-23T15:05:00ZBeautiful Games: Hoop dreamshttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/jan/16/beautiful-games-gallery-hoop-dreams
It's 123 years since basketball was invented in a gymnasium in Massachusetts, USA, and its enduring popularity has made it one of the cornerstones of American culture. Basketball courts and makeshift rings are scattered about the landscape at almost every turn, as the award-winning photographer <a href="http://www.robinlayton.com">Robin Layton</a> displays in this photographic homage to the sport. The characterful courts she visited are beautifully captured; even the most dilapidated of them still makes us want to pick up a ball and nail a jump-shot from an impossible distance. Check out Layton's book <a href="http://amzn.to/1dwSDYf">Hoop: The American Dream</a> published by powerHouse Books <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/jan/16/beautiful-games-gallery-hoop-dreams">Continue reading...</a>BasketballSportPhotographyArtPublishingUS sportsThu, 16 Jan 2014 16:22:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/jan/16/beautiful-games-gallery-hoop-dreamsPhotograph: Robin Laytonbb6.tiff copy Photograph: Robin LaytonPhotograph: Robin Laytonbb6.tiff copy Photograph: Robin LaytonJonny Weeks2014-01-16T16:22:00ZBeautiful Games: the golden age of surfinghttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/jan/09/beautiful-games-golden-age-surfing
With his waterproof camera and pioneering approach, John Witzig was one of the most forward-thinking surf photographers of the early 1960s – the so-called golden age of the sport. Along the beaches of Sydney, Australia, Witzig documented life on and off the waves for a small community of enthusiasts, just as short, lightweight boards were transforming and popularising surfing. His subjects became his friends and, for 15 years, he built up an archive of beautiful, intimate and mellow pictures which seem to perfectly represent the surf culture of those days; the rich, golden hue of his images further heightens the sense of nostalgia. 'I had a lot of fun,' he says of a career which ultimately took him around the world, 'until the late 1970s when it was apparent that I'd better get a real job!' Witzig's work has been celebrated in a book called <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Golden-Age-Surfings-Revolutionary-1960s/dp/0847838285">A Golden Age</a> published by Rizzoli <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/jan/09/beautiful-games-golden-age-surfing">Continue reading...</a>SportSurfingExtreme sportsPhotographyArtAustralia newsAustralia sportThu, 09 Jan 2014 13:17:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/jan/09/beautiful-games-golden-age-surfingPhotograph: John WitzigGolden-Age-001.jpg Photograph: John WitzigPhotograph: John WitzigGolden-Age-001.jpg Photograph: John WitzigJonny Weeks2014-01-09T13:17:00ZBeautiful Games: electric ski slopeshttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/dec/13/beautiful-games-electric-ski-slopes-gallery
Swiss photographer <a href="http://www.thomaskneubuhler.com/">Thomas Kneubühler</a> photographed these eerie images after moving to Quebec, Canada. Having grown up in the Alps where ski-slopes are traditionally used in the day-time, Kneubühler was both perplexed and engrossed by the vast, glowing mountains which confronted him in Canada where the slopes are artificially lit long into the night. The entire landscape is transformed by the lighting, creating a peculiar ambiance many miles away. 'The floodlighting makes the landscape appear completely alien, like a scene you'd find in a science fiction film,' says the 50-year-old. 'I don't want to preach, but I hope the pictures make people think about how these "electric mountains" look so different to natural mountains' <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/dec/13/beautiful-games-electric-ski-slopes-gallery">Continue reading...</a>SportSkiingPhotographyArtFri, 13 Dec 2013 11:29:21 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/dec/13/beautiful-games-electric-ski-slopes-galleryPhotograph: Thomas KneubühlerA lit-up mountain. Ski slopes in Quebec lit with artificial light from the picture series Electric Mountains . Photographer Thomas Kneub hler, 50, took the pictures of ski slopes in Quebec, Canada after he was impressed by how the artificially-lit mountains dominate the surrounding countryside at night.
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Medavia Photograph: Thomas KneubühlerJonny Weeks2013-12-13T11:29:21ZBeautiful Games: total football exposedhttps://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2013/nov/19/beautiful-games-gallery-total-football-exposed-holland-2004
With the World Cup feeling closer than ever, we thought a little reminder of this unusual photographic essay on the Dutch football team from 2004 would be fitting. Shot by German photographer<a href="http://www.claudio-hils.com/en/"> Claudio Hils</a> for the Amsterdam-based magazine and gallery <a href="http://www.foam.org/magazine">Foam</a>, the work explores the seldom-seen environment surrounding a professional football match. Unlike most official pictures, Hils' work, shot on medium format, captures the details and detritus that would otherwise go unnoticed, from dirty socks to the aftermath of a team-briefing. 'There's a big hidden machine behind the official pictures we know from television, but I wanted to tell something beside the actual stereotypes,' says Hils, who is now a Professor of Photography at FH Vorarlberg in Austria <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2013/nov/19/beautiful-games-gallery-total-football-exposed-holland-2004">Continue reading...</a>HollandPhotographySportFootballArtTue, 19 Nov 2013 10:59:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2013/nov/19/beautiful-games-gallery-total-football-exposed-holland-2004Photograph: Caludio HilsBeautiful Games: The Dutch football team by Claudio Hils Photograph: Caludio HilsPhotograph: Caludio HilsBeautiful Games: The Dutch football team by Claudio Hils Photograph: Caludio HilsJonny Weeks2013-11-19T10:59:00ZBeautiful Games: upside down, round and roundhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/nov/08/beautiful-games-gallery-upside-down-round-and-round
Back in 1872, Eadweard Muybridge's ground-breaking studies of motion, funded by Leland Standford in Palo Alto, provided <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Muybridge_race_horse_animated.gif">decisive proof that, at times, horses have all four feet off the ground as they gallop</a>. Imperceptible to the naked eye, Stanford's horse, Occident, tucked its legs under its torso midway through its stride pattern, rendering it momentarily airborne. Almost 150 years later, the lure of sequential photography remains as great. German photographer <a href="http://www.larsscharlphoto.com/">Lars Scharl</a> has been using multiple exposures to capture the courageous leaps performed in extreme sports. 'They are a perfect tool to demonstrate step-by-step how a certain trick is performed and how the athletes move while in the air. They also help to show the size of a jump better than with a single shot,' Scharl says. The results are simple and elegant, neatly slicing through the blizzard of speed and skill <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/nov/08/beautiful-games-gallery-upside-down-round-and-round">Continue reading...</a>SportExtreme sportsPhotographyFri, 08 Nov 2013 11:07:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/nov/08/beautiful-games-gallery-upside-down-round-and-roundPhotograph: Lars ScharlPhoto sequence of a cyclist performing an aerial trick Photograph: Lars ScharlPhotograph: Lars ScharlPhoto sequence of a cyclist performing an aerial trick Photograph: Lars ScharlJonny Weeks2013-11-08T11:07:00ZBeautiful Games: Instagrammed football fanshttps://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2013/nov/01/beautiful-games-gallery-instagrammed-football-fans
Sometimes you don't need a fancy camera to capture the flavour of football. Having travelled Europe to watch teams little and large, <a href="http://instagram.com/lastdanny#">Danny Last</a>, gallery editor at the excellent <a href="http://inbedwithmaradona.com/">In Bed With Maradona</a>, has amassed an interesting set of pics using simply his phone and pocket camera. Shared via Instagram, his snaps concentrate on the fans who share his passion, be they in a crumbling stadium where AS Trencin play or in the grand surrounds of Real Madrid's Bernabéu. 'There are enough brilliant photographers pointing their lenses towards the pitch, but I've always been fascinated by the noise and colour off it – and football without fans is nothing.' Last, who ran <a href="http://europeanfootballweekends.blogspot.co.uk/">European Football Weekends</a>, recommends some great amateur Instagram snappers, like <a href="http://instagram.com/kristelynx#">Kirstelynx</a> and <a href="http://instagram.com/popularstand">Popular Stand</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2013/nov/01/beautiful-games-gallery-instagrammed-football-fans">Continue reading...</a>FootballSportPhotographyArtArt and designInstagramFri, 01 Nov 2013 12:06:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2013/nov/01/beautiful-games-gallery-instagrammed-football-fansPhotograph: Danny LastInstagram photo of footy fans by Danny Last Photograph: Danny LastPhotograph: Danny LastInstagram photo of footy fans by Danny Last Photograph: Danny LastJonny Weeks2013-11-01T12:06:00ZBeautiful Games: wilderness skiinghttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/aug/21/beautiful-games-gallery-wilderness-skiing
Shot on some of the most remote slopes in the world, including those of Antarctica, these images by American photographer and adventurer <a href="http://www.perpetualweekend.com/">Jim Harris</a> are rather spectacular. The combination of pristine snow, beautiful vistas and daredevil skiing is enough to make us envious of his career. His pics are unrehearsed, one-take moments which capture true wilderness skiing as a first-hand experience. 'Photographers who can climb and ski alongside top athletes are the ones who, most often, I think, bring back something insightful to share,' he says. Harris studied biology and worked as an activities course instructor before a 33-day trip across Wrangell St Elias National Park shifted his attention towards photographic, videographic and written assignments about adventures within the natural world. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/aug/21/beautiful-games-gallery-wilderness-skiing">Continue reading...</a>SkiingSportPhotographyArtArt and designExtreme sportsWinter sports holidaysWed, 21 Aug 2013 12:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/aug/21/beautiful-games-gallery-wilderness-skiingPhotograph: Jim HarrisWilderness skiing. Photo by Jim Harris Photograph: Jim HarrisPhotograph: Jim HarrisWilderness skiing. Photo by Jim Harris Photograph: Jim HarrisJonny Weeks2013-08-21T12:01:00ZBeautiful Games: Olympic aftermathshttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/aug/07/olympic-games-photography
This time last year, London's Olympic Games were in full swing; it was day 11 and Alistair Brownlee was about to win triathlon gold at a canter. Yet, after so much sporting success, London 2012's broader legacy remains to be seen. Other cities which have hosted summer and winter Olympic Games have experienced differing fates - some eerie, some surprising and some altogether depressing. From venues turned into prisons or churches, to huge derelict stadia, the social and architectural aftermaths are stark. Photographers Jon Pack and Gary Hustwit found it to be a compelling visual subject and have created a book called <a href="http://olympiccityproject.com/">The Olympic City</a>. 'We're documenting the successes and failures, the forgotten remnants and ghosts of the Olympic spectacle ... and we're equally interested in the lives of the people whose neighborhoods have been transformed by Olympic development,' they explained. It's a disconcerting body of work. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/aug/07/olympic-games-photography">Continue reading...</a>SportOlympic GamesPhotographyArtArt and designWed, 07 Aug 2013 14:08:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/aug/07/olympic-games-photographyPhotograph: Jon Pack and Gary HustwitPhotograph: Jon Pack and Gary HustwitPhotograph: Jon Pack and Gary HustwitPhotograph: Jon Pack and Gary HustwitJonny Weeks2013-08-07T14:08:00ZBeautiful Games: do-it-yourself skatershttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/jul/11/beautiful-games-do-it-yourself-skaters-photography
<p>Out on the peripheries of both sport and society, skateboarders have carved a place for themselves in which the unconventional is celebrated. For photographer <a href="http://richgilligan.com/">Richard Gilligan</a>, it’s a fascinating realm. He has spent the past four years capturing scenes and locations around the world, from a homemade skate bowl in Oxford to makeshift ramps beneath a freeway in Nantes. These DIY skate parks are raw and dangerous, yet having been empathetically shot by Gilligan, they are represented as cultural heartlands and homes to skaters. Gilligan’s work is on show at the Street Machine clothing store in Copenhagen this month, as part of the Copenhagen Photo Biennale. Nestled among the shop’s myriad skateboards and other vibrant apparel, his large-scale matt prints, framed in black, are quiet and thoughtful, and all the more engaging for it.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/jul/11/beautiful-games-do-it-yourself-skaters-photography">Continue reading...</a>Extreme sportsSportPhotographyArtArt and designThu, 11 Jul 2013 10:03:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/jul/11/beautiful-games-do-it-yourself-skaters-photographyPhotograph: Richard GilliganPhotograph: Richard GilliganJonny Weeks2013-07-11T10:03:00ZBeautiful Games: drag-racing feverhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/jun/19/photography-art
<p>Through clouds of pungent smoke and across shimmering salt flats, New Zealand born photographer <a href="http://simondavidson.com.au/burnouts/1/">Simon Davidson</a> has painted an alluring portrait of drag racing. Shooting at races in Australia and on the eerie, crystallised plains of Bonneville in Utah, Davidson has captured images which numb stereotypical notions of motor-sport. There’s something particularly cinematic about the scenes at Bonneville; the vintage vehicles and the pallid colours are full of nostalgia. Images 13 and 19 look rather like stills from Vincent Gallo’s The Brown Bunny. Even Davidson’s pictures of burn-outs - the very epitome of wild, boorish behaviour - retain a certain tranquility; despite the chaotic intentions of the drivers, the engulfing smoke forms a beautifully ambient stage.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/jun/19/photography-art">Continue reading...</a>PhotographySportArtArt and designMotor sportWed, 19 Jun 2013 10:38:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/jun/19/photography-artPhotograph: Simon DavidsonPhotograph: Simon DavidsonJonny Weeks2013-06-19T10:38:00ZBeautiful Games: skate Southbank foreverhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/jun/12/beautiful-games-skate-southbank-forever
<p>The Undercroft at the Southbank Centre has been central to London’s skateboarding scene for nigh on 40 years, but the prospect of redevelopment is threatening to close the public space and disperse the characters who skate there. Photographer and enthusiast <a href="http://www.davidmagould.com/">David Gould</a> has captured a range of portraits of individuals who use the space and, by hanging 25 of them in situ along the graffiti-strewn walls, he’s created a backdrop to the park which is expressive and rich with personality. The close proximity and detail of the portraits serve as a forceful reminder of the skaters’ shared identity and collective resistance. The exhibition was assisted by <a href="http://www.insideoutproject.net/en">Inside Out Project</a>, which was started by <a href="http://www.jr-art.net/">the French artist JR</a> to promote communal photographic art.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/jun/12/beautiful-games-skate-southbank-forever">Continue reading...</a>SportExtreme sportsPhotographyArtArt and designSkateboardingWed, 12 Jun 2013 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/jun/12/beautiful-games-skate-southbank-foreverPhotograph: David GouldPhotograph: David GouldJonny Weeks2013-06-12T08:00:00ZBeautiful Games: eerie basketball images by Paul Pfeifferhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/may/30/basketball-nba
Here's a surreal set of images which present an alternate vision of the NBA, as imagined by <a href="http://www.thomasdane.com/artists/47-Paul-Pfeiffer/works/">Paul Pfeiffer</a>. Using digital manipulation, the artist has stripped away familiar details, contextual references and the like from archival photographs to create a parallel world in which the players - often solitary, unidentifiable figures in balletic poses - are the eerie focal point amid glowing, spectator-filled arenas. Pfeiffer himself describes his work as camouflage and says that what remains after editing is not an absent figure, but an intensified figure. The Hawaiian-born artist presented this series entitled Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and related video work at New York's Blanton Museum earlier this year and is represented in London by Thomas Dane Gallery <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/may/30/basketball-nba">Continue reading...</a>SportBasketballNBAPhotographyArtArt and designUS sportsThu, 30 May 2013 13:15:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/may/30/basketball-nbaPhotograph: Paul PfeifferPaul Pfeiffer's basketball image Photograph: Paul PfeifferPhotograph: Paul PfeifferPaul Pfeiffer's basketball image Photograph: Paul PfeifferJonny Weeks2013-05-30T13:15:00ZBeautiful Games: the distinctive design of Howler magazinehttps://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2013/may/01/beautiful-games-front-covers-howler
Two editions in and Howler has earned itself a reputation as being the most visually distinctive soccer publication in North America. Within its slick design – created by Priest and Grace – it features vibrant illustrations, carefully curated photographs and incisive infographics (alongside feature-length articles), making it a football magazine fit for aesthetes. Its first edition was financed through Kickstarter and subsequent editions are being made quarterly. You can <a href="http://vimeo.com/50623718">see a flip-through video of the mag here</a>, or <a href="http://howlermagazine.com/">check out their website</a> for more info on how to buy it <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2013/may/01/beautiful-games-front-covers-howler">Continue reading...</a>FootballSportUS sportsMagazinesDesignPhotographyIllustrationWed, 01 May 2013 14:47:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2013/may/01/beautiful-games-front-covers-howlerPhotograph: Howler magazineHowler magazine front cover Photograph: Howler magazinePhotograph: Howler magazineHowler magazine front cover Photograph: Howler magazineJonny Weeks2013-05-01T14:47:00ZBeautiful Games: The Virtue of Wrestlinghttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/apr/17/beautiful-games-virtue-of-wrestling
<p>Check out these peculiar and humorous wrestling photographs by Nick Ballon. The photographer, who has Bolivian roots, has recreated the familiar farce of lucha libre against pale, empty backgrounds and captured the muted expressions of two battle-weary luchadores as they rumble unceremoniously in the ring. It’s wry, it’s ambiguous and it feels a tad embarrassing to witness. But Ballon’s mastery of camera and subject ensures this isn’t derisory satire – instead it’s a tender homage to his heritage, an examination of a culture (dare we say a sport) which is as baffling to the casual observer as it is glorious to the ardent fan. Ballon grew up watching all-in wrestling and, having documented the topic on previous visits to his father’s homeland, he was inspired to create this latest body of work titled The Virtue of Wrestling. <a href="http://www.nickballon.com/index.php/portfolio/gallery/recent_work">More examples of his work can be found here</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/apr/17/beautiful-games-virtue-of-wrestling">Continue reading...</a>SportPhotographyArtArt and designWrestlingWed, 17 Apr 2013 11:03:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/apr/17/beautiful-games-virtue-of-wrestlingPhotograph: Nick BallonPhotograph: Nick BallonJonny Weeks2013-04-17T11:03:00ZBeautiful Games: Green Soccer Journal magazinehttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/feb/27/beautiful-games-green-soccer-journal
<p>Over only four editions, the <a href="http://www.thegreensoccerjournal.com/">Green Soccer Journal</a> has established itself as one of the most sophisticated and intelligent football magazines around. Distinguished by its emphasis on the aesthetics of the game, the magazine explores the world of football through an eclectic range of personalities, cultures and perspectives. Yet the publication is far from superficial – past issues have included enlightening interviews with the Brazilian star Pato and the Italian goalkeeper Gigi Buffon, as well as an examination of club badges, subtly branded clothing shoots and a photographic essay behind the scenes at the French Football Academy, making the Green as rich editorially as it is distinctive visually. Created by Adam Towle and James Roper, each issue features a wealth of contributing creative talent, some of which you can see here</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/feb/27/beautiful-games-green-soccer-journal">Continue reading...</a>FootballSportPhotographyArtArt and designMagazinesWed, 27 Feb 2013 11:27:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/feb/27/beautiful-games-green-soccer-journalPhotograph: Green Soccer JournalPhotograph: Green Soccer JournalJonny Weeks2013-02-27T11:27:00ZBeautiful Games: Courts & Walls by photographer Elliott Wilcoxhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/feb/06/beautiful-games-courts-walls-gallery
<p><em>For the first time in the series, Beautiful Games looks beyond football to the wider world of sporting art ...</em> Elliott Wilcox is a London-based photographer who has captured the abstract patterns and vivid colours of unfamiliar sporting realms. From ‘real tennis’ courts to indoor climbing walls, his images explore space, texture and pattern. Signs of past sporting exploits linger within each frame, leaving a human trace on an otherwise alien environment. Wilcox has won several awards since graduating from an MA in photography at Westminster – among them gongs at the Nikon Discovery Awards and the International Photography Awards. <a href="http://www.elliottwilcox.co.uk/">You can check out his website here</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/feb/06/beautiful-games-courts-walls-gallery">Continue reading...</a>SportPhotographyTennisArtArt and designWed, 06 Feb 2013 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/feb/06/beautiful-games-courts-walls-galleryPhotograph: Elliot WilcoxPhotograph: Elliot WilcoxJonny Weeks2013-02-06T10:00:00ZBeautiful Games: football photographs by Simon Harsenthttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/jan/16/beautiful-games-football-photographs-simon-harsent
In the latest instalment of our series we bring you these photographs by football fanatic <a href="http://www.simonharsent.com/">Simon Harsent</a>, who has recorded the heartlands of the beautiful game from iconic stadiums to seemingly forgotten pitches around the world. The absence of action in Harsent's photos gives them an eerie quality, while the use of unorthodox framing suggestively locates football within a wider social context. 'I felt the need to go behind the headlines, the transfer fees and the Ferraris,' he explains, 'because when Saturday's gone and the crowds have disappeared, what remains still makes the heart of a fan beat faster.' Harsent's career has spanned over 20 years and seen him relocate to Australia, then the US, collecting numerous awards. He is a founding member of <a href="http://thepoolcollective.com/">the Pool Collective</a> and has released publications including Beautiful Game (available on iPad) and <a href="http://meltportraitofaniceberg.com/">Melt: Portrait of an Iceberg</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/jan/16/beautiful-games-football-photographs-simon-harsent">Continue reading...</a>FootballSportArtArt and designPhotographyWed, 16 Jan 2013 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/jan/16/beautiful-games-football-photographs-simon-harsentPhotograph: Simon HarsentNotre Dame de la Garde Marseille-3_.jpg Photograph: Simon HarsentPhotograph: Simon HarsentNotre Dame de la Garde Marseille-3_.jpg Photograph: Simon HarsentJonny Weeks2013-01-16T10:00:00Z